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Bills · 2009-2010 Regular Session

SB 594

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requirements for residential facilities that provide or promote themselves as providing specialized care for persons who have Alzheimer's disease or related dementia and providing penalties.

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, the Department of Health Services (DHS) licenses various

types of residential care facilities, including nursing homes, community-based

residential facilities (CBRFs), and adult family homes at which nursing home care

may be provided (AFHs). This bill requires a nursing home, CBRF, or AFH that

provides, or promotes itself as providing, specialized programming or a specialized

unit for persons who have Alzheimer's disease or related dementia to produce a

document describing the specialized programming or unit. The bill requires that the

nursing home, CBRF, or AFH provide a copy of the document to every person seeking

placement at the nursing home, CBRF, or AFH, as well as to DHS and the long-term

care ombudsman. The bill further requires that a nursing home, CBRF, or AFH

identify any fees specific to the specialized programming or unit and provide

residents at least 30 days' notice before increasing these fees.

Sponsors

Introduced by: AARP - Wisconsin , Carpenter (D) , Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups , Disability Rights - Wisconsin , Independence First , Lehman (D) , Long-Term Care , Taylor (D) , Wisconsin Board on Aging , Wisconsin Coalition of Independent Living Centers , by request of Wisconsin Alzheimer's Association Chapter Network

8 cosponsors

Berceau (D) , Clark (D) , Hansen (D) , Kaufert (R) , Krusick (D) , Pasch (D) , Pope-Roberts (D) , Staskunas (D)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by committee on Public Health, Senior Issues, Long-Term Care, and Job Creation, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Apr 6, 2010 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Mar 8, 2010 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Carpenter, Taylor and Lehman, by request of Wisconsin Alzheimer's Association Chapter Network, AARP - Wisconsin, Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups, Disability Rights - Wisconsin, Independence First, Wisconsin Board on Aging and Long-Term Care, Wisconsin Coalition of Independent Living Centers;Cosponsored by Representatives Krusick, Pasch, Pope-Roberts, Berceau, Clark, Staskunas and Kaufert

  2. Mar 8, 2010 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Public Health, Senior Issues, Long-Term Care, and Job Creation

  3. Mar 31, 2010 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Apr 6, 2010 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  5. Apr 6, 2010 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by committee on Public Health, Senior Issues, Long-Term Care, and Job Creation, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  6. Apr 6, 2010 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  7. Apr 8, 2010 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 4-13-2010 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  8. Apr 13, 2010 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  9. Apr 13, 2010 · Senate

    Senator Hansen added as a coauthor

  10. Apr 13, 2010 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  11. Apr 13, 2010 · Senate

    Read a second time

  12. Apr 13, 2010 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  13. Apr 13, 2010 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  14. Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  15. Apr 16, 2010 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  16. Apr 28, 2010 · Assembly

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1